Patents by Inventor Christoph Kern

Christoph Kern has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230323918
    Abstract: An axially supporting rolling-element bearing of a rolling mill shaft includes an inner ring having a raceway, an outer ring having a raceway and a plurality of rolling elements on the raceways between the rings. An outer surface of the outer ring includes an opening such as a groove that faces radially outward and contains a seal element. The seal element includes a seal lip that extends out of the groove. When the rolling element bearing is placed in a bore of a housing, the outer ring is spaced from the bore by the seal element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Christoph KERN, Emmanuel PICHLMAIER, Alfred SCHWAPPACH, Jens BERGMANN
  • Patent number: 10259520
    Abstract: A seat post for a bicycle comprises a post body having a first end shaped to be connected to a bicycle frame, a second end shaped to be connected to a saddle, at least two longitudinal portions meshing with each other and slidable relative to one another along a longitudinal extension, and a fixing apparatus by which the two longitudinal portions can be fixed to one another in a settable relative position, the fixing apparatus being influenced to selectively fix and unfix by a radio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignees: Befra Electronic, S.R.O., Gustav Magenwirth GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Butora, Jürgen Beier, Reiner Künstle, Florian Koller, Christoph Kern
  • Patent number: 9740516
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for implementing virtual network pairs between virtual machines and other devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Cristian Petrescu-Prahova, Christoph Kern, Evan K. Anderson, Joseph S. Beda, III
  • Patent number: 9619662
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for implementing virtual network pairs between virtual machines and other devices. In one aspect, a method includes associating each of a plurality of different virtual machine network addresses with a respective host machine network address; receiving, from a sender, a request for a source virtual machine to communicate with a destination virtual machine; determining that the source virtual machine is authorized to communicate with the destination virtual machine; selecting, from the associations, a host machine network address for the destination virtual machine; generating a token based at least partly on the selected host machine network address and on a secret key of the destination virtual machine, wherein the secret key is not known by the source virtual machine; and sending the selected host machine network address and generated token to the sender.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph S. Beda, III, Cristian Petrescu-Prahova, Christoph Kern
  • Patent number: 9592882
    Abstract: An electronically controlled suspension system for a bicycle includes at least one spring element between first and second parts the bicycle, both parts being movably interconnected. At least one parameter of the spring element is modified. At least one actuator influences the spring element to modify the at least one parameter. An electronic module produces a control signal for the at least one actuator. A control device is influenced by the control signal produced by the electronic module. The control device is connected to at least one of the electronic module and the actuator through a radio signal. A corresponding method controls the suspension system for the bicycle and a computer program executes the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignees: Befra Electronic, S.R.O, Gustav Magenwirth GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Butora, Jürgen Beier, Reiner Künstle, Florian Koller, Christoph Kern
  • Publication number: 20170008584
    Abstract: A seat post for a bicycle comprises a post body having a first end shaped to be connected to a bicycle frame, a second end shaped to be connected to a saddle, at least two longitudinal portions meshing with each other and slidable relative to one another along a longitudinal extension, and a fixing apparatus by which the two longitudinal portions can be fixed to one another in a settable relative position, the fixing apparatus being influenced to selectively fix and unfix by a radio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Peter Butora, Jürgen Beier, Reiner Künstle, Florian Koller, Christoph Kern
  • Patent number: 9231933
    Abstract: In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for providing access to secured resources. A token providing system stores a primary authentication token that is used to obtain temporary authentication tokens. The token providing system provides, to application programs that are unable to access the primary authentication token, the temporary authentication tokens. The token providing system receives, from a first application program of the application programs, a first request to obtain a first temporary authentication token. The first request does not include the primary authentication token. The token providing system transmits a second request to obtain the first temporary authentication token. The second request includes the primary authentication token. The token providing system receives the first temporary authentication token.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Vittaldas Sachin Shenoy, Pankaj Risbood, Vivek Sahasranaman, Christoph Kern, Evan K. Anderson
  • Patent number: 9135037
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving an outgoing packet from a source virtual machine; obtaining a secret key for the source virtual machine, the secret key not being known by a destination virtual machine; obtaining a unique token derived at least partly from the secret key and a network address of the destination virtual machine; encapsulating the outgoing packet in a second packet along with the token and a token expiration time; and sending the second packet to the destination virtual machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Cristian Petrescu-Prahova, Christoph Kern, Evan K. Anderson, Joseph S. Beda, III
  • Publication number: 20150197308
    Abstract: An electronically controlled suspension system for a bicycle includes at least one spring element between first and second parts the bicycle, both parts being movably interconnected. At least one parameter of the spring element is modified. At least one actuator influences the spring element to modify the at least one parameter. An electronic module produces a control signal for the at least one actuator. A control device is influenced by the control signal produced by the electronic module. The control device is connected to at least one of the electronic module and the actuator through a radio signal. A corresponding method controls the suspension system for the bicycle and a computer program executes the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Peter Butora, Jürgen Beier, Reiner Künstle, Florian Koller, Christoph Kern
  • Patent number: 8533343
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for implementing virtual network pairs between virtual machines and other devices. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a plurality of outgoing packets from one or more source virtual machines executing on the data processing apparatus, each source virtual machine being a hardware virtualization of the data processing apparatus and each packet destined for a destination virtual machine; establishing a plurality of virtual network pairs, one for each unique pair of source and destination virtual machines, wherein establishing the plurality of virtual network pairs comprises obtaining, from an external data processing apparatus, a different network address for each destination virtual machine; encapsulating each outgoing packet in a message; and sending each message to the destination virtual machine for the respective packet by sending the message to the respective network destination address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph S. Beda, III, Cristian Petrescu-Prahova, Christoph Kern, Evan K. Anderson
  • Patent number: 8533796
    Abstract: In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for providing access to secured resources. A token providing system stores a primary authentication token that is used to obtain temporary authentication tokens. The token providing system provides, to application programs that are unable to access the primary authentication token, the temporary authentication tokens. The token providing system receives, from a first application program of the application programs, a first request to obtain a first temporary authentication token. The first request does not include the primary authentication token. The token providing system transmits a second request to obtain the first temporary authentication token. The second request includes the primary authentication token. The token providing system receives the first temporary authentication token.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Vittaldas Sachin Shenoy, Pankaj Risbood, Vivek Sahasranaman, Christoph Kern, Evan K. Anderson
  • Patent number: 8250909
    Abstract: A pressure measuring device suitable for disposition in a chamber of an internal combustion engine. The pressure measuring device has a housing, a force transmitting element that is effectively connected to a pressure sensor, and a sensor cage that surrounds the pressure sensor. The sensor cage is connected to the housing by a circumferential weld seam only at one connection segment of the housing. In this way, it is possible to achieve a defined pre-tensioning of a metal diaphragm that is connected on the one hand to the sensor cage and on the other hand to the force transmitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH, Kistler Holding AG
    Inventors: Christoph Kern, Reinhold Hess, Reiko Zach, Michael Kleindl, Peter Wolfer, Steffen Schott, Claudio Cavalloni, Pavlo Saltikov, Michael Mueller, Andrea Bertola
  • Patent number: 8003917
    Abstract: A glow plug for a combustion chamber of a self-igniting internal combustion engine has a ceramic heating element designed as a sheathed-element glow plug, which is surrounded by a supporting tube. The ceramic heating element is sealed with respect to the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine by a seal in the supporting tube. The seal is designed as a sealing element made of an FeNi alloy having an Invar effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Kern, Ewgenji Landes, Reiko Zach, Michael Kleindl, Christian Doering, Steffen Schott, Pavlo Saltikov
  • Patent number: 7994690
    Abstract: The invention relates to a component for installation in force or pressure sensors, in particular in a glow plug. The component comprises a disc-type or punched-disc type measuring element consisting of a piezoelectric material, punched-disc type or disc-type electrodes that lie on either side of the measuring element. The electrodes have contact points for contacting conductors. The component comprises in addition a respective transmission body or several transmission bodies that are located outside the electrodes, on either side of the latter. The measuring element, electrodes and transmission bodies are held together mechanically by an external, electrically insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Kistler Holding AG
    Inventors: Peter Wolfer, Claudio Cavalloni, Reinhold Hess, Michael Mueller, Andrea Bertola, Christoph Kern, Steffen Schott, Pavlo Saltikov, Michael Kleindl, Reiko Zach
  • Patent number: 7954382
    Abstract: A pressure-measuring device is situated in a chamber of an internal combustion engine. The pressure-measuring device has a housing, a force-transmitting element that protrudes partly from the housing at a chamber-side opening of the housing, and a pressure sensor that is situated in an interior space of the housing. The pressure sensor stands in effective connection to the force-transmitting element. In addition, a diaphragm is provided that seals the interior space of the housing, in which the pressure sensor is situated, against the chamber-side opening. The diaphragm, which is preferably fashioned as a metal diaphragm, has a force-transmitting segment that is oriented in an axial direction of the force-transmitting element. Moreover, the pressure sensor stands in effective connection with the force-transmitting element via the force-transmitting segment of the diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Kern, Ewgenij Landes, Reiko Zach, Michael Schuettoff, Michael Kleindl, Christian Doering, Steffen Schott, Pavlo Saltikov
  • Publication number: 20110005308
    Abstract: A pressure measuring device suitable for disposition in a chamber of an internal combustion engine. The pressure measuring device has a housing, a force transmitting element that is effectively connected to a pressure sensor, and a sensor cage that surrounds the pressure sensor. The sensor cage is connected to the housing by a circumferential weld seam only at one connection segment of the housing. In this way, it is possible to achieve a defined pre-tensioning of a metal diaphragm that is connected on the one hand to the sensor cage and on the other hand to the force transmitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Christoph Kern, Reinhold Hess, Reiko Zach, Michael Kleindl, Peter Wolfer, Steffen Schott, Claudio Cavalloni, Pavlo Saltikov, Michael Mueller, Andrea Bertola
  • Patent number: 7856453
    Abstract: A software tool for enabling automated tracking of activity related to the status and usage statistics of a plurality of Web sites on a data packet network is provided. The software tool comprises a network communication capability for establishing network communication between the software tool and the tracked Web sites; a plurality of data-reporting modules for obtaining and reporting data about tracked Web sites; a data input function for excepting data from the reporting modules and from external sources; a data recording function for recording and logging the data received from the reporting modules and from the external sources; and a data management function for organizing and storing the received data and rendering the data accessible for use in software development.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Yodlee.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Masroor Malik, Naveen Venkata Akunuri, Christoph Kern, Tim Armandpour, Sam Khavari, Ganesh Narasimhan
  • Publication number: 20100300186
    Abstract: A pressure-measuring device is to be placed in a chamber of an internal combustion engine. The pressure-measuring device has a housing, a force-transmission element projecting out of the housing, and a pressure sensor disposed in an interior chamber of the housing. On the one hand, the pressure sensor is braced on a fixation element. On the other hand, to detect a pressure prevailing inside the chamber, the pressure sensor is operatively connected to the force-transmission element. The pressure sensor has a straight-through recess through which an electrical line is routed. In addition, a positioning element is provided, which has a straight-through recess in a guide region, the electrical line being routed through the straight-through recess, and the positioning element having a reduced thickness in the guide region. This makes it possible to reduce friction of the electrical line in the guide region at the straight-through recess, so that the pressure measurement is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Christoph Kern, Ewgenij Landes, Michael Kleindl, Christian Doering, Steffen Schott, Pavlo Saltikov
  • Patent number: 7730771
    Abstract: A device for detecting the combustion-chamber pressure in an internal combustion engine is configured in such a way that the combustion-chamber pressure is able to be detected in a reliable and reproducible manner. To this end, a heating pin exposed to the combustion-chamber pressure is fixed in place in a housing of the glow plug with the aid of a fixation member. A sensor is affixed in the housing of the glow plug via a fixation element set apart from this fixation member. This sensor detects the elastic longitudinal expansion of the housing caused by the combustion-chamber pressure between the end of the fixation member facing the sensor and the fixation point of the fixation element on the housing. This device is preferably utilized in the automotive industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Ludwig, Christoph Kern
  • Patent number: 7712444
    Abstract: A sheathed-element glow plug is used to be situated in a chamber in an internal combustion engine. The sheathed-element glow plug has a housing, a pin-shaped heating element, which extends partially from the housing and a pressure sensor which is situated in an inner chamber of the housing. A prestressing sleeve is provided, in this context, which applies a prestressing to the pressure sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Kern, Reinhold Hess, Reiko Zach, Michael Kleindl, Peter Wolfer, Steffen Schott, Claudio Cavalloni, Pavlo Saltikov, Michael Mueller, Andrea Bertola